Mountain View had its beginnings in the late 19th (19分の1の) century as a stagecoach (駅馬車) stop on the route (路線) between San Francisco and San Jose (サンノゼ). Incorporated on November7, 1902, the town's early growth (成長) was due to agriculture (農業), which remained the primary (最初の) industry into the middle of the 20th (第20の) century. After World WarII, the population grew significantly (かなり)with the development of (〜の開発を機に) the aerospace (航空宇宙) and electronics (電子工学) industries.[3] Between 1950 and 1960, the population grew from (〜から成長する) 6,563 to 30,889, an increase of 370.7 % .

Today, high technology is the basis of (〜の中心となる) the local economy (地域経済) and there are few remnants (面影) of the agricultural (農業の) past.

According to the United States Census Bureau (米国勢調査局), the city has a total area (総面積) of 12.3 square miles (スクエアマイル) ( 31.8km ) . 12.0 square miles ( 31.1km ) of it is land and 0.3 square miles ( 0.7km ) of it ( 2.26 % ) is water.

Going south from the downtown station, there are approximately (約) four blocks with a high concentration (集中) of diverse (別の)restaurants (レストラン), cafes (喫茶店), and shops (買い物をする). Chez (〜の家で) TJ, one of the few restaurants rated by the prestigious (一流の)Michelin Guide (ガイド) in the Bay Area (湾岸地域), is located a block from Castro Street on Villa (別荘) Street. Tied (〜を結ぶ) House, located next door, was one of the first brewpubs (工場直営パブ) to open in the Bay Area, and remains a popular (人気がある)stop in (途中で立ち寄る) downtown.

Castro Street in downtown Mountain View

The core (中心部) of downtown is the plaza shared by City Hall, the Mountain View Center for Performing Arts and the award-winning (受賞した) Mountain View Public Library (公共図書館). Behind those buildings is Pioneer (先駆者) Park, which enjoys (楽しむ) a quiet (静かな)environment (環境)resulting from (〜に由来する) the City Hall building blocking out (遮る) the noise (音) from Castro Street. The Plaza between City Hall and the Performing Arts Center is a well-used (よく利用される)spot (場所) for community gatherings and events, and features an impressive (印象的な)collection of (〜の一群)public art (公衆芸術). The Mountain View Police Department (警察) is located two blocks away from Castro Street on Villa Street.

Since 1971, the city has held the annual (毎年の) Mountain View Art & Wine (ワイン)Festival (祭) on Castro Street by closing down the street (通りを進んで) to traffic (交通) for two days. There is a farmer's market in the Caltrain parking lot (駐車場)every Sunday (毎週日曜日に) morning. Every summer (毎夏), once a month (月に1回), the city celebrates (祝う)Thursday (木曜日) Night Live ( TNL ) by closing off (閉鎖する) Castro street to cars and providing live music events and car shows on Castro Street.

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The Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts ( MVCPA ) is located adjacent to (〜に隣接した) City Hall. Highly (非常に)acclaimed (〜を迎える) local theatre (劇場) companies Peninsula Youth (青年時代) Theatre and TheatreWorks are among the Home Companies of the MVCPA.[5]

The now defunct (死んだ)Arrow (矢)Dynamics (力学) ( formerly Arrow Development Company ), a rollercoaster (急激な動きの) design and manufacturing (作る) company, was originally (当初は) founded and based in (〜を本拠としている) Mountain View. During its time in Mountain View, Arrow was contracted to (〜を請け負う) build many of the original (最初の)rides (乗車) at Disneyland.[9]

There were 31,957 households, out of which 8,731 ( 27.3 % ) had children under the age of (＿歳未満) 18 living in them, 13,806 ( 43.2 % ) were opposite-sex married couples (夫婦)living together (同居する), 2,456 ( 7.7 % ) had a female householder with no husband (夫) present, 1,253 ( 3.9 % ) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 1,928 ( 6.0 % ) unmarried (未婚者) opposite-sex partnerships (パートナーシップ), and 280 ( 0.9 % ) same-sex married couples or partnerships. 10,961 households ( 34.3 % ) were made up of (〜で構成されている) individuals and 2,471 ( 7.7 % ) had someone living alone (単独で) who was 65 years of age (成年である) or older. The average household size was 2.31. There were 17,515 families ( 54.8 % of all households ); the average family size (家族の大きさ) was 3.01.

The population was spread (広がる)out with (〜を追い出せ) 14,595 people ( 19.7 % ) under the age of 18, 5,401 people ( 7.3 % ) aged 18 to 24, 28,577 people ( 38.6 % ) aged 25 to 44, 17,647 people ( 23.8 % ) aged 45 to 64, and 7,846 people ( 10.6 % ) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age (年齢の中央値) was 35.9 years. For every 100 females there were 103.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over (〜以上), there were 103.5 males.

There were 33,881 housing units (単位) at an average density of 2,760.6 per square mile (1,065.9/km²), of which 13,332 (41.7%) were owner-occupied (持ち主自身が住んでいる), and 18,625 (58.3%) were occupied (居住する) by renters (借家人). The homeowner (自宅所有者)vacancy rate (空き室率) was 1.3%; the rental (賃借) vacancy rate was 4.4%. 32,002 people (43.2% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 41,799 people (56.4%) lived in rental housing units.

There were 31,242 households out of which 23.3 % had children under the age of 18 living with them, 40.0 % were married couples living together, 7.3 % had a female householder with no husband present, and 49.1 % were non-families. 35.6 % of all households were made up of individuals and 7.0 % had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.25 and the average family size was 2.97.

In the city the population was spread out with 18.0 % under the age of 18, 8.3 % from 18 to 24, 43.4 % from 25 to 44, 19.8 % from 45 to 64, and 10.5 % who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 106.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 106.9 males.

According to a 2007 estimate (評価) the median (中央値)income (収入) for a household in the city was $ 82,648, and the median income for a family was $ 105,079.[15] Males had a median income of $ 64,585 versus (対) $ 44,358 for females. The per capita (一人当たり) income for the city was $ 39,693. About 3.6 % of families and 6.8 % of the population were below (〜以下で) the poverty line (最低生活線), including 7.2 % of those under age (未成年で) 18 and 5.9 % of those age 65 or over.

Mountain View has a council-manager government system. An executive (幹部)city manager (市政代行官) is in charge of several departments, while the city council (市議会), supported by (〜の後援の下に) several boards, commissions (委員会), and committees (委員会), is the legislature (議会) responsible for the ordinances (条例) of the city code. The executive in turn (同じく)enforces (実行する) the code and promulgates (広める)administrative (管理の)regulations (規制) to execute (実行する) it. The city clerk (事務員) and attorney (弁護士) perform supporting roles. The Community Development (地域開発) Department is the agency responsible for planning and zoning (帯状に取巻く).[16]

Mountain View taxes a large portion of (〜の大部分) its most valuable (重要な)commercial (商業の) and industrial (工業の)properties (財産) in the Shoreline Regional (地方の) Park Community at very low relative (関係のある) levels, and until the creation (作品) of a joint-powers agreement (契約) ( JPA ) in 2006, none (決して〜ない) of those property taxes (財産税) reached the local schools. After the creation of the JPA, the Shoreline Regional Park Community will be sharing less than $ 1 million per year (1年に) with the elementary and high school districts.[20][21]

A citizen-supported parcel (包み) tax, largely (大いに)aimed at (〜を目指す) reducing class size, was recently renewed (繰り返す) with an overwhelming (入れる)positive (確かな) vote.[22] The current ratio (割合) of students to full-time-equivalent teachers in the Mountain View public elementary schools (小学校) is 20.4 to one.[23]

Mountain View has one central (中央の) public library, the Mountain View Public Library, offering video (テレビ), music, books, self-check (自己検査) out, and access to the Internet (ネット利用). During fiscal year (会計年度) 2006-7: 810,589 customers (顧客) visited the Library. Circulation (循環) was more than 1 (2以上).4 million, 105,870 reference and information questions were answered, 36,693 children listened to stories and participated in children's programs and 27,342 new books (新刊書) and media (中間)items (項目) were added to the collection (収集) which includes holdings of 300,000, including 210,000 books and 423 periodical (雑誌)subscriptions (加入). The library also provides valuable outreach (手を伸ばすこと) services through the bookmobile (移動図書館) and S.O.S. volunteer (ボランティア) program to those in Mountain View, who are unable to come to the main branch (部門). The building was built in (作り付けにする) 1997. The second floor (2階) of the library has a special collection in a room (室内に)devoted to (〜に専念する) the history of Mountain View, next to a portrait of (〜の肖像)Don (ドン川) Mariano Castro, for whom (誰に) the downtown main street (大通り) is named. The library hosts (多数) the innovative (革新的な) Mountain View Reads Together program.[24]

On August (8月) 16, 2006, after over a year of test deployments (展開), Google declared (示す), as planned (計画通りに), that its implementation (実施)for free (無料で)IEEE 802.11gwireless (ラジオ) service for all of the City was fully (完全に)operational (使用可能な).[25] Mountain View is the first city in the United States entirely (全く)covered by (〜の適用を受けている) a free wireless Internet (インターネット)access network (アクセス網) provided by Google.

The Mountain View Sister City Affiliation (加入) was incorporated in (〜に組み込まれる) 1974 as an independent (独立した)non-profit (非営利の) governed by a Board of Directors (取締役会). Mountain View is affiliated with (〜に加盟している) the cities of Iwata, Japan (日本) and Hasselt (ハセルト), Belgium (ベルギー).[26]

^All data are derived from (〜に由来する) the United States Census Bureaureports from (〜から伝える) the 2010 United States Census, and are accessible (身近な) on-line here. The data on unmarried partnerships and same-sex married couples are from the Census report DEC_10_SF1_PCT15. All other (他の〜すべて) housing and population data are from Census report DEC_10_DP_DPDP1. Both reports are viewable (見える) online or downloadable (ダウンロード可能な) in a zip (力) file containing a comma-delimited (カンマ区切りの)data file (データファイル). The area data, from which densities are calculated (〜を計算する), are available on-line here. Percentage (割合) totals may not add to 100 % due to rounding (丸くなる). The Census Bureau (事務局)defines (〜を定義する) families as a household containing one or more (多少の) people related to the householder by birth (生まれは), opposite-sex marriage (結婚), or adoption (採用). People living in group quarters are tabulated (〜を表にする) by the Census Bureau as neither (どちらも〜ない)owners (所有者)nor (〜もまた〜でない) renters. For further details (詳細), see the text (本文) files accompanying (加える) the data files containing the Census reports mentioned (〜を語る) above.